Mount Rat
Mount Rat rises to 352 m in Connecticut. Above All stands 450 m to the northwest, 3.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Tom State Park, a nature reserve 1.3 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31808305, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 352 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Tom State Park: 1.3 mi
- Shepaug Crossing Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Hidden Valley Preserve: 1.8 mi
- Washington Public Beach: 2.6 mi
- Mount Bushnell State Park Scenic Reserve: 3.0 mi
- Sunnyfield: 1.3 mi
- Lake Waramaug Boat Ramp (Town of Washington): 2.6 mi
- Warren Town Beach: 2.6 mi
- Bryan Plaza: 3.4 mi
- Town Green: 4.6 mi
- Mount Tom: 1.6 mi
- Robin Hill: 2.0 mi
- Windy Hill: 2.2 mi
- Little Mount Tom: 2.2 mi
- Baldwin Hill: 2.2 mi
- Mill Ruins: 2.8 mi
- Alain C. White and May W. White: 6.6 mi
- Miller Family Preserve: 8.5 mi
- Natalie Todd Lilly: 9.2 mi
- Jim Hulton: 9.5 mi
- Peter's Forge: 1.9 mi
- Gagarin Grove: 3.8 mi
- Indian village: 5.5 mi
- Bellamy-Ferriday Garden: 5.9 mi
- Bethlehem Green Historic District: 6.0 mi
- New Preston Falls: 2.8 mi
- Kent Falls: 8.2 mi
- Nonnewaug Falls: 8.9 mi
- East Meadow Brook Falls: 9.7 mi
- Marshepaug Falls: 9.8 mi
- Judea Garden: 1.6 mi
- Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 8.4 mi
- Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 11.4 mi
- Melanie Rieger Victims of Violent Crimes Memorial Garden: 15.3 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 15.3 mi
- Pine Ledge: 9.8 mi
- Grand Staircase: 9.9 mi
- Kelly Slide: 10.5 mi
- Hornet's Nest: 10.8 mi
- Satan's Dog Bowl: 11.5 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 4.1 mi
- Sandy Beach: 4.9 mi
- Sherman Town Beach: 12.6 mi
- Holiday Point Community Beach: 12.7 mi
- Waterfront: 14.0 mi
- Jean Widmark: 8.4 mi
- Whale Sculpture: 16.2 mi
- Ben Franklin: 16.3 mi
- Greetings from Waterbury: 16.4 mi
- Maori Head: 16.8 mi
- Hermit spring: 18.2 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 19.6 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 22.5 mi
- Big Spring: 24.1 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 22.0 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 23.5 mi
- Stormville Rest Area: 23.7 mi
- East Fishkill Rest Area: 23.8 mi
- Dudley Town: 8.6 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 10.7 mi
- Picnic Grove: 14.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of Mount Rat. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Above All | NW 317° | 450 m | 3.7 mi |
| Peck Mountain | NNW 345° | 447 m | 7.3 mi |
| Town Hill | NNW 349° | 429 m | 4.1 mi |
| Bromica Mountain | NW 305° | 428 m | 6.8 mi |
| Huckleberry Hill | NW 311° | 426 m | 5.3 mi |
| Mauwee Peak | WNW 303° | 426 m | 7.4 mi |
| City Hill | N 350° | 413 m | 3.1 mi |
| Saint Johns Peak | WNW 303° | 407 m | 7.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:50 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:16 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:42 | 16:26 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 35 | 47 | 58 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Falls Village, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 210101 — Mount Rat, Northwest Hills County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359267979
Day trips start here
- Putnam County · 29 mi
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